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Talisman: The Horus Heresy (Classic) cover art

Talisman: The Horus Heresy (Classic)

Nomad Games · 2016-02-22

Steam

Strategy

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Text

Releases: May 10, 2016 (iOS), Feb 22, 2016 (Android), Feb 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 22, 2016 (Mac)

Talisman: The Horus Heresy is a digital board game based on the Talisman rule system and set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, during the cataclysmic events of the Horus Heresy.

Talisman: The Horus Heresy (Classic) is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 308 reviews).

0
playing now
72%
positive of 308 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (58 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 14,241 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.7k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 308 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2018-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920162026Week of 2016-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.742016-01-262026-07-092016-01-26 — best price $21.242016-02-29 — best price $24.992016-05-22 — best price $24.992016-07-04 — best price $24.992016-11-03 — best price $7.492016-11-23 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $4.492017-03-06 — best price $4.492017-05-18 — best price $8.992017-06-22 — best price $2.992017-07-20 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $8.992017-12-21 — best price $7.492018-02-15 — best price $7.492018-05-31 — best price $3.742018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-08-06 — best price $14.992018-10-15 — best price $3.492018-11-21 — best price $1.742018-12-20 — best price $1.742019-02-04 — best price $4.892019-05-16 — best price $1.742019-06-25 — best price $1.742019-07-18 — best price $1.742019-08-01 — best price $1.742019-10-17 — best price $1.742019-12-19 — best price $1.742020-01-23 — best price $1.742026-04-13 — best price $5.242026-05-21 — best price $5.242026-06-25 — best price $4.892026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
39.2%
earned "The Eye of Terror"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing9 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2016-02-22, latest 2017-07-20 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieFantasyStrategyAdventureBoard GameTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerWarhammer 40KGames Workshop

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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